HP Indigo digital presses

Print production solutions

Print service providers can choose from a portfolio of cloud-based and in-shop solutions to facilitate the creation and production of finished print products—including HP PrintOS, which features web and mobile apps that help you get more out of your HP Indigo digital presses and simplify your production.

HP PrintOS

HP PrintOS is a print production operating system with web and mobile apps¹ that help you get more out of your HP Indigo digital presses and simplify your production. HP Indigo digital press owners can access the open, secure cloud-based PrintOS platform virtually anywhere, anytime to manage jobs from submission to shipment.

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1 Some applications are available for a fee or may be provided at no additional charge with a service contract.

2 The HP PrintOS Print Beat Mobile Application is compatible with Android™ 4.0 or later and iPhone mobile digital devices running iOS 8 or later, and requires the press/printer and the smart phone to be connected to the Internet.

HP SmartStream solutions

Maintain maximum efficiency while producing high-value applications that support profitable growth, using a suite of server-based, integrated tools—HP SmartStream solutions.

HP SmartStream Composer

Production management

HP SmartStream Production Center

Meet the challenges of receiving, producing, and delivering high volumes of short-run jobs with this workflow system. Automate production from pre-press to shipping, while maintaining visibility of every job in every production step on your floor.

Print servers

HP Production Pro for Indigo Labels & Packaging

HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server

Eliminate manual pre-press work with an easily automated pre-press suite, PrintOS integration, and remarkably fast RIP capabilities—helping you meet the need for an increasing number of more complicated jobs.

HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging print servers powered by Esko

Designed by Esko for HP Indigo digital presses, these print servers include robust job management tools to automate and simplify workflow, as well as an integrated color engine to deliver accurate and repeatable color across multiple presses and jobs.

HP SmartStream Labels and Packaging VDP powered by Esko

Print unique elements including serialization, text, barcodes, images, and special security features, using this standalone plug-in for Adobe® Illustrator®. This variable data solution puts all of Illustrator's graphics capabilities to work.

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Commercial partners

Increase your productivity and streamline your production flow with partner solutions for HP Indigo commercial presses.¹ By combining HP’s leading digital print and workflow software with finishing partners’ solutions, you can open new markets and produce high-value applications such as personalized marketing collateral, photo books, and sophisticated direct mail.

Areal Media

Founded in 2004, Areal Media has developed products for several business sectors, with the photography sector as its core focus. Areal Media develops tailor-made projects for firms and proposes advanced technology solutions, with a solid know-how of what adds value to a business.

B2C Print

B2CPrint offers advanced online printing solutions to print providers worldwide, including the Web-to-Print Store Front. B2CPrint has focused on helping print providers gaining more business from an easy-to-use web platform that can be up and running within weeks.

Mediaclip

Mediaclip™ is the premier developer of white-label software for the creation of a wide range of personalized products including photo. Mediaclip enables printers to deliver a rich user experience that increases sales and customer loyalty.

Creation and submission

Areal Media

Founded in 2004, Areal Media has developed products for several business sectors, with the photography sector as its core focus. Areal Media develops tailor-made projects for firms and proposes advanced technology solutions, with a solid know-how of what adds value to a business.

Creation and submission

B2C Print

B2C Print offers advanced online printing solutions to print providers worldwide, including the Web-to-Print Store Front. B2C Print has focused on helping print providers gaining more business from an easy-to-use web platform that can be up and running within weeks.

Creation and submission

Mediaclip

Mediaclip™ is the premier developer of white-label software for the creation of a wide range of personalized products including photo. Mediaclip enables printers to deliver a rich user experience that increases sales and customer loyalty.

Tharstern

Tharstern is a market leading software company providing Management Information Systems to the printing, packaging, and label industries. Our MIS solutions are used at nearly 700 sites and by more than 7,000 users worldwide.

Color and production management

Tharstern

Tharstern is a market leading software company providing Management Information Systems to the printing, packaging, and label industries. Our MIS solutions are used at nearly 700 sites and by more than 7,000 users worldwide.

Scodix

Scodix Ltd is the leading provider of digital print enhancement presses, offering print service providers and converters the ability to add value, stand out, and leave long lasting impression to their customers.

Coating and digital enhancement solutions

Scodix

Scodix Ltd is the leading provider of digital print enhancement presses, offering print service providers and converters the ability to add value, stand out, and leave long lasting impression to their customers.

GP2 Technologies

GP2 Technologies, Inc. is the leader in casemaking machinery for the production of on-demand photo books and short runhard cover books. As an OEM of a full line of casemakers and exclusive reps for the Schmedt line of casing-in and building-in machinery, they offer complete, cost-effective casebinding solutions.

Strong and Layflat binding using PUR. Designed for efficient short run on-demand production. Fully automated and connected to the HP Indigo workflow

Bourg Binder BB3002

Off-Line with HP Indigo commercial sheet and web fed presses

General Commercial Printing, Photo, Publications

Book application finishing solutions

GP2 Technologies

GP2 Technologies, Inc. is the leader in casemaking machinery for the production of on-demand photo books and short runhard cover books. As an OEM of a full line of casemakers and exclusive reps for the Schmedt line of casing-in and building-in machinery, they offer complete, cost-effective casebinding solutions.

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1 The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP does not provide any warranties with respect to products offered by third parties, including but not limited to warranties that a product is fit for a particular purpose. Customers are advised to independently assess the suitability of third party products and solutions and their fit for customer’s specific needs and applications. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

2 Subject to certain requirements being met, or further testing of specific configurations. Please contact your HP representative for further information.

Labels and packaging partners

Drive efficient and profitable production and create applications that will stand-out on the shelf, using partner solutions for HP Indigo labels and packaging presses.¹ The combination of HP’s leading technology and workflow software with finishing partners’ solutions enable print service providers to produce profitable applications such as labels, in-mold labels, shrink sleeves, flexible packaging, and folding cartons.

Creation and submission

HP Indigo supports multiple design tools dedicated to the labels and packaging creation process. HP cooperates closely with its partners to provide the required support and create tightly integrated solutions for its digital presses.

ESKO

Esko is a global supplier of integrated solutions, including products that drive profitability in the packaging and printing supply chain by reducing time-to-market and raising productivity.

Business management

HP Indigo works with a number of partners that provide Management Information Systems (MIS), which enable management of the entire business process, from estimation and order processing to supply chain and customer relationship management to production planning.

CERM

CERM provides software which manages all aspects of professionally running a narrow web label business. But CERM is more than MIS, CERM inspires collaboration.

Pre-press, inspection, and security

AVT

AVT is the global leader in inspection, process control, quality assurance, and press control. It provides proven results to customers, by enhancing automation and providing control over production flow.

Pre-press, inspection, and security

AVT

AVT is the global leader in inspection, process control, quality assurance, and press control. It provides proven results to customers, by enhancing automation and providing control over production flow.

Prati

Since 1973, PRATI has played a leading role in the label finishing industry at a global level, offering tailored solutions for post-print finishing, inspection, die-cutting, matrix stripping, rewinding, cutting, and overprinting.

The combination of the HP Indigo 6800 Digital Press and the ABG Digicon Series 3 drives short- and long-run jobs that allow print service providers to expand their offering in the market by producing high-value labels, in-mold and shrink sleeves applications that stand-out on the shelf

Digicon S3, Digilase, Digicon Lite 3

The Digicon Series 3, Digilase, and Digicon Lite 3 are inline/offline connected with the HP Indigo 6800 Digital Press and HP Indigo 6R series

Finishing - Labels

Brotech

Brotech Graphics Ltd specializes in label finishing and converting, and quality inspection in Asia for the narrow web printing market.

The HP Indigo 6800 Digital Press together with the Spectrum® finishing system drives short-run jobs with very high productivity thanks to its full-rotary abilities. The flat-bed hot stamping and embossing unit reduces the jobs unit price, increases the quality of output, and helps meet customers requirements

The Spectrum® finishing system

The Delta Modtech is offline connected with the HP Indigo 6800 Digital Press

Finishing - Labels

Prati

Since 1973, PRATI has played a leading role in the label finishing industry at a global level, offering tailored solutions for post-print finishing, inspection, die-cutting, matrix stripping, rewinding, cutting, and overprinting.

The HP Indigo 6800 Digital Press together with the Prati Alhena and Saturn Olmnia provide cutting and stacking solutions that automate the production post lamination of the job printed. The joint solution also drives the creation of in-mold labels in a very short time

The HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press together with RSM-DIGI-VARICUT from Schober deliver a cutting and stacking solution for any label of any size with a special patented semi-rotary movement and robotic arm. This joint solution drives the creation of high-quality in-mold labels

Finishing - Flexible packaging

HP Indigo digital press output can be converted with industry-standard equipment in addition to optimized solutions developed especially for HP Indigo printing. Inspection capabilities can be integrated inline on the press rewinder.

Totani

TOTANI is a leading Pouch Making Machine manufacturer in Japan to supply approximately 200 pouch machines a year all over the world having 100% subsidiary sales and service companies across continents.

The HP Indigo 6800 and 20000 Digital Press together with the K1 Seaming deliver a shrink-sleeves converting solution thanks to a direct injection system with both wick and needle dispensers with proportional solvent to velocity control

HP Indigo Pack Ready, created with a Karlville partnership, is a set of post-print converting solutions for HP Indigo digital presses that provides zero-cure-time lamination while instantly creating a strong bond between HP Indigo digitally printed substrate and Pack Ready laminate film, enabling digital converters to print, laminate, and pack on demand for immediate time-to-market

Solvent-less lamination, combi-lamination, pack-ready lamination

Offline connected with the HP Indigo 6800 and 20000 Digital Presses

Finishing - Flexible packaging

Totani

TOTANI is a leading Pouch Making Machine manufacturer in Japan to supply approximately 200 pouch machines a year all over the world having 100% subsidiary sales and service companies across continents.

The HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press combined with Totani pouch making machines use various film materials to make pouches with storage stability and heat resistance. This partnership allows the creation of high-speed, high-quality pouches, in various shapes, which can be used in food packing bags, pouches for commodities, pet food bags, and infusion bags for the medical field

Scodix

Scodix Ltd is the leading provider of digital print enhancement presses. The digital varnish embossing effects on the jobs printed on HP Indigo digital presses offers the ability to add value. The digital foil is using inkjet technology.

The high speed of HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press combined with the Highcon Euclid III have transformed folding cartons from a commodity where prices were driven down, to a high-value part of brands, even becoming part of advertising budgets

The HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press combined with the Kurz DM-Liner coating- and metal-transfer process creates metallized surfaces, even for small runs or individual prints such as personalizations. DIGITAL METAL® lets you choose from different paper materials and can be used for labels, greeting cards, flyers, packaging, photo books, and calendar applications

DM-Liner

DM-Liner is offline connected with the HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press

Finishing - Folding cartons

Scodix

Scodix Ltd is the leading provider of digital print enhancement presses. The digital varnish embossing effects on the jobs printed on HP Indigo digital presses offers the ability to add value. The digital foil is using inkjet technology.

The HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press inline connected with iCoat Tresu 3000 has transformed folding cartons and other packaging from a commodity where prices were driven down, to a high-value part of brands, even becoming part of advertising budgets. The iCoat offers a range of modules including a corona, one or two coating towers of UV and aqueous varnish with fast changeover, a 100% inspection system from AVT, and a special ink system for high viscosity

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1 The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP does not provide any warranties with respect to products offered by third parties, including but not limited to warranties that a product is fit for a particular purpose. Customers are advised to independently assess the suitability of third party products and solutions and their fit for customer’s specific needs and applications. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

2 Subject to certain requirements being met, or further testing of specific configurations. Please contact your HP representative for further information.